Archive for August, 2003

I am living in the occupied territories of Palestine, in the West Bank town of Tulkarem. I have been working with the International Solidarity Movement here, a palestinian led group of internationalsfrom around the world who help the Palestinian people resist the occupation through non-violent means. The group is about 30% made of folks of jewish decent, who like myself feel that this is a really outrageous injustice that is being done supposedly in our names. The group is truly international with all sorts of countries represented. We help organize demonstrations, and provide protection for the Palestinian people whereas the army would normally use live ammunition to stop a demonstration, they would think twice when internationals are present.
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I haven’t been posting because since July 15th I have been working in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, the same group for which Rachel Corrie was working when she was murdered by the Israeli bulldozer.

This posting is the first of several updates I have sent out since coming here. Read the rest of the post for more.

I know who I am, and that is why I am here. I came here to help create peace, and I still am here to create peace.
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